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Editorials
IF YOU’RE not into basketball, or at least an
avid fan of the game, then you’re evidently not
a true Forsyth Countian.
Basketball is dominating talk among local
sports fans as well as other people as the high
school winds down its season and heads for the
tournaments.
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Our Opinions
Clean Up County
The local Kiwanis Club is gearing up for
a major “Clean-Up Forsyth County” pro
ject.
We’re glad to see this group of local
businessmen dedicate themselves to such
an endeavor. How often do you ride down
a road in the county and see garbage bags
that have been dumped on the side of the
road? Or how many beer cans can you
count as you ride a single mile?
Anti-litter campaigns have long been in
Veterans Are Sought
Dear Editor:
In 1978 you helped me locate all the veterans
of World War I, living in Forsyth County, and
now I’d like to know if there are more than the
three following still living, Toy Settle, Roy P.
Otwell, and Emory Phillips. If anyone knows of
another, please call me at 887-5388.
Last year Harris Moore, George Wood,
Ernest Sherrill, Johnny Orr and Jim Brock
passed from us. Also, if anyone has their family
ready for Forsyth County’s History, call or
send it to me. It won’t be long until we will be
going to press with our History of Forsyth
County. If you would like to have your family’s
history included and don't know where to start
call Mrs. Annette Bramblett at 887-8464, as she
is a Registered Genealogist and I’m sure can
help and will do you a good job. You may write
to her at Rt. 2, Cumming, Ga. 30130.
Games Abound
Jim Cosey
The Otwell Middle School teams recently
completed a tremendous winning season with
the girls going undefeated and the boys only
losing three.
The high school varsity teams are making a
big noise on the state level as the Bulldogs are
presently ranked number one in the sub-region
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FEBRUARY 6,1980
existence, but it seems that no one pays
any attention to their purpose. Everyone
seems to think, “One small can won’t
hurt.” But, add thousands of small cans to
that one and you end up with a mess.
Let’s support the Kiwanians as they
prepare to clean up our county. Let’s not
take this matter lightly. There’s nothing
more unsightly than a litter-lined road. It
only reflects upon us all as citizens of this
county.
Here are a few families that I don’t have and
would like to include: Bagwell, Buice, Settle,
Terry, Holbrook, Tallant, Woodliff, Wood,
Williams, Westbrooks, Wallice, Waldrip,
Vaughan, Tidwell, Thompson, Tatum, Sewell,
Samples, Roberts, Pugh, Pruitt, Pool, Parker,
Phillips, Payne, Monroe, Moore, Montgomery,
Mills, McClure, Martin, Light, Ledbetter,
Hulsey, James, Jones, Jordan, Green, Hut
chins, Hope, Henderson, Harris, Hammond,
Gravitt, Garrett, Gantt, Fowler, Fincher,
Estes, Foster, Dooley, Davenport, Day, Davis,
Crow, Cox, Collett, Clement, Castleberry,
Brannon, Blankenship, Blackstock, Bennett,
Benson, Barnett, Anderson, and Bannister.
There are many others just as important who
have made a contribution to this county. W?
already have more than 50 families. Let us
have yours. Best wishes.
GARLAND BAGLEY
CUMMING. GEORGIA
30130
standings and the girls are in the top three. The
boys have been listed in the Atlanta papers as
receiving consideration for the top 10 teams in
the state.
All this will wind down to the sub-region tour
naments to be held soon at Peachtree High
School, then if all goes well, the region games
at Cedar Shoals in Athens, followed by the state
tournaments.
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WHILE ALL this serious ball playing is going
on there’s another aspect to the game on the
local level, which isn’t quite as serious.
This coming Saturday night the varsity
teams will end their regular season play on the
home court against sub-region foes Lakeside.
But, prior to this game will be another game
of sorts. You see, the Athletic Booster Club is
sponsoring a Basketball Festival with the
crowning of a Basketball Queen and several
other special activities slated.
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All you have to do to know what’s coming is to
take a drive or walk to the top of a hill
sometime around sunset.
A multi-colored sky at twilight time is what
you will see. Streaks of russett orange, pink,
rose, azure blue, and even the famous cerelean
blue, all strokes across a winter sky.
The different seasons have different skies. At
this time of year you know there is a winter
sky. Even if you don’t look towards the sky, the
chill in your bones tell you winter is here.
Winter is not one of my favorite times for
sure. Ole’ Sawnee Sam would rather be out
swimming around in the glorious days of sum
mer. But winter does have its compensations,
or if not exactly compensations, we at least
make the best of it.
It’s a time to have the wood ready for the
crackling fire. It’s the time to curl up by that
fire with a good book, or if you must, a poor tv
program.
I’ve always preferred the former, that good
book. Perhaps that is why I like to scribble
every week. To me, it is a greater pleasure to
get a lot more involved with a good book, a good
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Christine Greene writes a weekly column in
my hometown paper. I often save her columns,
many times I “borrow” her insights and often
share them with you. The following is a “joint”
effort.
Please don’t disturb me!
Please don’t disturb my comfort, my posses
sions, or my religion. I like my world just like it
is so don’t remind me that I might be needed by
someone today.
Please don’t disturb my ideals or standards.
Don’t insist that I re-evaluate my own
priorities and make any changes in my at
titudes.
Please don’t disturb my calm atmosphere. I
prefer to close my eyes to the troubles and
needs of my neighbors and friends.
Please don’t disturb my mind. Don’t make
me think I haven’t got all the answers. Protect
me from realizing I can learn something new
everyday.
Don’t disturb my social life. Don’t tell me
Perhaps the main event will be the game
prior to the varsity games when the parents of
the boys and the girls varsity teams will pair
off for a ladies and mens game.
Now, you haven’t lived until you see some of
the “old folks” out there faying to dribble that
ball down the court and muster up enough
strength to throw the ball toward the basket.
Advance reports are that the linament and
rubbing oil is being bought out in abundance as
these parents prepare for the game.
I, along with Police Chief Gabe Dukas, have
been asked to referee this special game. Now,
that in itself, should be a sight to see. I keep
asking chief when we’re going to rehearse our
refeering and he keeps telling me that you don’t
rehearse.
Chief Dukas has already promised Willie
Durham two free shots before the game even
starts. Now, why he did this is beyond me but it
doesn’t sound up and above board to me!
Sawnee Sam Sex.*,
By
George Robertson, Jr
‘Book People ’
story, a good plot, good characters, than I could
with a sit-com on the “Boob Tube.” That is just
personal preference talking, but I kind of
suspect that there are a lot of other “Book Peo
ple,” out there, too.
“Book People,” a term from a movie which
was so good it brings this writer back to the
“Boob Tube,” every time it is shown. That
movie was “Faranheit 450,” the temperature
at which books bum - the inspiration for the ti
tle. A great actor, Oscar Werner, and an ir
resistible lady, Julie Christie, were the leads. It
was Big Brother Land carried to the ultimate.
Books, you see, were forbidden and in fact
destroyed. The firemen in this story did not put
out fires, they started them. Why? To bum
them!
The “Book People,” carried on thoughts and
ideas. Of course that was fiction, a story.
Or was it?
With winter here, re-runs already started,
why not visit the library. It is your ticket to
suspense, romance, outer space and even
thoughts of warm summer.
Seeya’ll...
ror gotten People
By Julianne Boling
Disturbing
that because my own small circle of friends is
meeting my needs that there are others whose
needs I may meet.
Don’t try to disturb my religion by telling me
that personal growth and deeper committ
ments are necessary. Don’t make me see that
people take different paths toward the same
God.
Don’t disturb my character. I prefer not to
see myself as others see me with a few flaws,
some hangups, and a lot of short-comings.
“Why should you disturb me at all? Can you
not see that I am self-sufficient and need no
more? But, I also wonder if I am so afraid of
disturbance that, perhaps, I may need a little
prodding to look within myself and at my rela
tionship with others,” Mrs. Greene writes.
Perhaps, we should welcome some distur
bances in our lives. Perhaps, we should try
disturbing ourselves as much as we try to
disturb others. It might be worth a try!
But, not to be outdone, I promised Frances
Sexton I’d let her get away with three fouls as
long as she doesn’t hit her opponent too hard.
SO, MAKE PLANS now to attend. It should
be the highlight of the sports year in Forsyth
County. ,
Now, if we all live through this there’s
another big sports event on the horizon.
On Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. at the high school the
local law enforcement officials, including
sheriff’s deputies and city policemen, will take
on the high school teachers in a benefit game
for the Heart Fund.
The lawmen are already practicing for the
big night but the teachers have been overheard
saying they don’t need the practice, so this
should prove to be quite interesting.
I certainly won’t predict an outcome of this
big game but if the lawmen are in any sort of
shape at all it should be a close contest. I think
I’ll have to go on record favoring the teachers
as eventual winners based solely on their
closeness to the game.
But, don’t be surprised if those lawmen don’t
have a few tricks up their sleeves.
Anyway, mark Feb. 28 on your calendar and
be on hand. Besides being a night of basketball
plus a lot of entertainment, the proceeds are
going for a good cause, the Heart Fund.
Whether you’re a basketball fan or not, these
special events should interest you. You’ll get to
boo your deputy and policeman or better yet,
yell at that teacher without fear of being sent to
the office.
See you at the games!
4-4-+
FORSYTH FACES-Joyce Chumbler getting
her name overhauled ...Phil Castleberry hav
ing yet “another” birthday... Charles Robbs
remembering his childhood back at the turn of
the century... Margaret Cole having fun... Bob
Brogden checking on lost calf... Johnny Tallant
showing off newspaper clipping... Johnny Stone
being nice behind concession stand... Jim
Cooper complaining about music... Janice
Smith taking it easy while husband is out of
town... Hugh Ross taking wife to movie... Stan
Gault watching movie about lawyers very
closely... Bob Taylor subscribing to
newspaper.
Cathy Puckett
Cleaning
I realize spring time is still several months
away, but even during the Dead of Winter, I
like to have sun-shiny thoughts about beautiful
weather, picnics, and general loafing-type ac
tivities.
Somehow during all that beautiful spring
weather we had in 1979, I just never did get
around to doing any honest-to-goodness spring
cleaning. With all those pretty butterflies flying
around my bloomin’ flower garden, I stayed
much too busy to be concerned with annual
house cleaning chores.
Since spring cleaning completely slipped my
mind last year, I decided this year I should ven
ture through the Puckett household and do
something - before the Health Department
does.
I’m not going to worry about washing my
curtains this year. Those poor ole’ curtains
have hung over my windows so many years
they are probably dry-rotted on the rods by
now, so why bother. Using this smart method of
housework planning, I can see now this year’s
spring cleaning is going to be a breeze.
I’ve never been too lavish in purchasing ex
pensive floor covering for my home, so I’ll pro
bably just rake up a little here and there on the
dirt floors, and not have to worry about that
part of the household chores.
The ceilings are never a cleaning problem to
me. Somewhere among all the cob webs there
are suppose to be some light fixtures, but since
the cob webs have become a tradition at my
house, you all know how I hate to break a tradi
tion, so I’ll just quit looking up so much and try
learning to read by candlelight.
I don’t think I’ll bother dusting my furniture
this year, either. Some very important phone
messages are written in dust on my coffee
table, among information as to how to
subscribe to “Cleaner Bams and Beautiful
Outhouses Magazine.”
Since nobody has complained about the
stacks and stacks of garbage sitting in the mid
dle of the kitchen, I won’t bother doing
anything about it, until someone stumbles over
something.
I started to wash my windows a couple of
years ago, then I remembered back a long,
long time ago, when I washed them and how
depressed I got. You see, after washing the
windows I looked outside and noticed weeds
growing taller than the house in the back yard,
talk about being depressed! So, I won’t wash
the windows for fear I’ll get depressed about
seeing my back yard.
I use to occasionally sweep the carport, but
since we have accumulated wall-to-wall dogs,
cats, puppies, kittens, chickens, and from time
to time a stray cow or pony, I won’t clean the
carport this year for fear I might disturb the
Chestatee Zoo.
It’s just a waste of time cleaning out my
refrigerator as I finally taught my family that
eating slightly green-looking leftover mashed
potatoes isn’t really all that bad, and anyway,
it keeps the local doctor in business.
Cleaning my oven is a real adventure. Since I
was bom short, have short arms, short legs,
and an even shorter memory, I’ll probably
forget about cleaning the oven again this year.
I have collected so much junk in my base
ment I can’t walk past the third step leading
down to the dungeon of dirt, and if I can’t get
down there to clean, why worry about it, I
always say.
I can’t for the life of me figure out why some
women sit around and fuss and complain about
dreading their spring cleaning chores so much.
Some folks act like spring Hanning is a major
production. It’s really not all that bad if you sit
down and think on it for a spell...
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